The city of Baltimore is being held hostage by ransomware

The US city of Baltimore has been partially paralyzed since 7 May, when a ransomware attack seized parts of the government’s computer systems. As...

New Orleans invests $40M on holistic smart city project

The City of New Orleans wanted a platform that would enable greater inter-agency collaboration, as well as centralised data-gathering and coordination to help first...

Railways float new tender for Rs.1000 crore CCTV project

The Indian Railways have once again floated a Rs 1,000 crore tender for closed circuit television cameras in a bid to strengthen video surveillance...

UK Government scraps landing cards for Indian travellers

The UK government has scrapped the requirement of filling out landing cards by international travellers coming to the UK from countries like India, as...

‘CCTVs inside autopsy hall will violate the rights of the dead’: Delhi Govt

The Delhi government has opposed installation of CCTV cameras inside the autopsy hall at mortuaries, stating that it amounts to a violation of constitutional...

Dubai Civil Defence trains a million workers in fire fighting

A million workers have been trained in fire-fighting by Dubai Civil Defence since 2015, an official has said. In 2018, Dubai Civil Defence held...

GMR Hyderabad International Airport to launch facial recognition system

The trial runs for the Face Recognition (FR) system, a technology enabled, passenger-friendly initiative at GMR Hyderabad International Airport (GHIAL), have been successful, so...

Durban communities turn to high-tech number plate cameras to fight crime

At a cost of R35 000 per camera, the automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) system is not cheap, but a number of Durban suburbs...

CBP rules bar airlines from using Biometric Exit data for advertising

Airlines using facial recognition as part of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency’s (CBP’s) Biometric Exit program are contractually bound to not use...

Indian Army uniforms may be changed to make soldiers adapt better to weather extremities

Indian Army personnel may soon be seen in an all-new uniform with the Defence Ministry reportedly mulling the prospect of customising the wearable gear...
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